Taxonomic Information
Lophophleps Hampson, 1891 species known from India.
Lophophleps informis Warren, 1897. NE India.
Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895)
Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896).
Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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Lophophleps purpurea Hampson, 1891
Lophophleps purpurea male is duller purple grey (vs purple-red/brown in L. phoenicoptera), FW almost entire costa is ochreous (vs basal part of costa), FW ante-medial band is nearly straight (vs waved) & the HW anal angle is less produced (vs strongly produced).
Lophophleps triangularis (Hampson, 1895).
Lophophleps triangularis male is greenish grey, with finer fasciation.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
- Acidalia phoenicoptera Hampson, 1896. Fauna. Br. India, Moths, 4: 562, #3909a.
- Sterrha phoenicoptera tuita Prout, 1938, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 12: 234.
- Iyer, G., D. Stüning & S. Sondhi. 2021. An inventory of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Geometridae) of Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 13(13): 19887–19920. 7105.13.13.19887-19920. Image 31.
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-10/sterrhini/sterrhini_2_3.php
- https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320817-Lophophleps-phoenicoptera
Subspecies: the nominate subspecies phoenicoptera has narrower ochreous bands as compared to subspecies tuita that is found in SE Asia (Prout).
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Lophophleps phoenicoptera (Hampson, 1896) – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.9. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://mothsofindia.org/lophophleps-phoenicoptera, accessed 2025/04/23.